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Two burglaries, in the span of 12 minutes, involving four crooks, has the San Marcos Police Department seeking the community’s help.

The first incident happened at 11:14 p.m. on Thursday at Power Haus Equipment, 111 E. Martin Luther King Drive. The crooks broke into the business by prying the front door open. Two of the suspects went inside while the two other suspects acted as lookout and helped load stolen equipment into a vehicle. The men stole several Stihl brand chainsaws, Stihl brand backpack blowers and an Echo brand backpack blower.

Police need your help to identify the man in this photo.

Just twelve minutes later the same group of people burglarized Hofmann’s Supply at 440 S. Guadalupe St. They pried the door open. Three men went inside while one stayed in the car. The group got away with a welder, Yeti coolers and Yeti cups.

The crooks used two different vehicles during the burglaries. A dark-colored, four-door Ford Fusion, possibly with black rims, and a newer model, dark-colored, four-door Nissan, possibly an Altima or Maxima. The Nissan had paper tags.

Three of these people are described as white or Hispanic men; one appears to have bleached-blonde hair. The fourth person never exited the car.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Aubry at 512-753-2306.